TALKING ABOUT THE FIRE
Written and Performed by Chris Thorpe
Wednesday 6 August, 6:00pm
Presented by China Plate and Staatstheater Mainz, created by Chris Thorpe and Claire O’Reilly, developed with Rachel Chavkin.
Nuclear weapons could destroy us all, right now - so why aren't we talking about them?
Sometimes the threat slides into view - Russia invades Ukraine - but that doesn’t make the weapons more dangerous. They’re always dangerous. And one day, deliberately or accidentally, they’ll be used again.
On the 80th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima comes a one-off performance of a show and a conversation about a new nuclear weapons treaty - one that’s trying to give the power to eliminate nuclear weapons to the states, and people, who don’t possess them. Created by seven-time Fringe First winner Chris Thorpe and Claire O’Reilly (Abbey Theatre) and developed with Tony Award-winning Rachel Chavkin.
★★★★★ ‘It’s all masterfully put together… this show culminates in an encounter that really puts the ‘alive’ into ‘live theatre’. – Time Out
Supported by Battersea Arts Centre, the Albany, Véronique Christory and
using public funding by the National Lottery through Arts Council
England.
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Theatre
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£10.00 + £2.00 fee -
6 August 2025 -
90 minutes -
18:00 -
Shedinburgh -
16+ -
Strong language and themes of nuclear warfare. Audience participation is encouraged
